There are a lot of great aircraft-specific communities on the
web, but this is the first aviation community dedicated to
backcountry flying and the exploration of remote airstrips. This is
a culture of pilots who loves light, single-engine aircraft with
the sole purpose of exploring the seldom seen corners of the world
by air.
The Adaptive Compliant Wing is a wing design developed by
FlexSys, Inc. which is flexible so that its shape can be changed in
flight. The wing design features a variable-camber trailing edge
which can be deflected up to +/- 10°, so that it acts like a
flap-equipped wing, but without the individual segments and gaps
typical in a flap system.
"Ultimately, NAFI's attempts to subvert and exercise
control over the [Master Instructor] program and associated
[intellectual property] will fail. Even in the highly unlikely
event that NAFI succeeds against the Hills, the IP of other
contributors has not been secured by NAFI. This will invariably
prevent NAFI from continuing its current campaign, or at least it
could become the subject of an intractable legal dispute-causing
further (if not fatal) hemorrhaging of NAFI resources and good
will."
Source: TBO-NAFI organizer Rich Stowell, in an
editorial regarding recent developments at the National Association
of Flight Instructors. The group claims that EAA and others within
the aviation industry -- including NAFI -- are on a
'self-destructive
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